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DOT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION Included in this appendix are three lists. First is the proper DOT information, codes, markings, etc., needed for preparing shipments of ammunition.

1 DOT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION Included in this appendix are three lists. First is the proper DOT information, codes, markings, etc., needed for preparing shipments of ammunition. Second is an alphabetical list of ammunition items under each of the six commodity groups, complete with firefighting advice. Third is an alphabetical list of all the items in the various commodity groups. DOT SHIPMENT INFORMATION The chart on the following page contains the elements of DOT information that are required to prepare ammunition for shipment and to fill out the various forms necessary when shipping ammunition (see Chapter 3). These elements are established by and defined in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. There is an explanation of the codes in the current edition of the Ammunition Consolidated Catalog or in the microfiche of that catalog. The DOT proper shipping name and fire fighting group is established by AR for transporting hazardous material by motor vehicle. 171

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13 COMMODITY GROUPS WITH FIRE FIGHTING ADVICE AND ITEMS Group I Relatively no hazard. Normal operating distance for firefighters. Actuating Cartridges (Explosives Switches or Actuating Valves) Adapter Grenade Projection Ammunition for Cannon Caliber 20mm except HE, HE1, HE-T and AP-1 Blank and Mortar Ignition Cartridges Cartridges for CAD Items 500 Grains or Less (DOT Class c) Cartridge Case, Empty, Primed Cartridge, Explosive Bolt, 500 Grains or Less Catapult Charges and/or Cartridges Common Fireworks (Smoke Grenades, Railway and Highway Fuses, Hand Signal Devices, etc.) Cordeau Detonant Fuze (Primacord) Explosive Cable or Line Cutter (DOT Class C) Explosive Power Devices (DOT Class C) Explosive Release Devices Explosive Rivets Fuze Igniters or Lighters Grenades, Empty, Primed Perchlorates, Peroxides and Nitrates (DOT Oxidizing Materials) Phosphorous in Water, White or Yellow (DOT Flammable Solid) Practice Mines NM, 17 (DOT Class C Common Fireworks) Practice Rifle Grenades Pyroforic Solutions and Fuels (DOT Flammable Liquid) (Continued) 183

14 Safe and Arming Mechanism Safety Fuse Signals (DOT Class C Common Fireworks) Small Arms Ammunition Squibs, Electric or Delay Starter Cartridge Jet Engine (DOT Class C) Starter, Fire, NP3 (DOT Special Fireworks) Tear Agents CS, CN, CN-DM Burning Mixture in Bulk, Liquid, Solutions, Capsules, Pellets, and Grenades Time Fuzes (Mechanical Without Booster) Zirconium Powder (ES) Group II Principally fire and light missile (fragment) hazard. Maintain the following minimum distances: Firefighters-Operating distance. Public in Open 500 feet. Special Precautions Take available cover to protect against light missiles (fragments). 184 Antipersonnel Practice Mines, M8 Black Powder Igniters with Empty Cartridge Baga Blasting Caps, 1,000 or Less (DOT Class C) Blasting Caps (1,000 or Less) with Metal Clad Mild Detonating Fuze (DOT Class C) Blasting Caps (1,000 or Less) with Safety Fuse (DOT Class C) Cartridge Kit, Bomb Ejection Delay Element for Percussion and/or Detonating Fuzes (DOT Class C) Detonators Explosive Power Devices (DOT Class B) (Continued)

15 Flexible Linear Shaped Charges, Metal Clad (DOT Clam C) Fuzes, All Types (DOT Class C) Grenades, Hand, Illuminating Initiators, All types (DOT Class C) Percussion Caps (DOT Class C) Power Actuated Devices, All Types(DOT Class C) Primers, All types(dot Class C) Projectiles, Illuminating (DOT Special Fireworks) Propellant, Explosives, Solid (DOT Class B) Group III Principally a fire hazard with intense heat. Maintain the following minimum distances: Firefighters-Operating distance. Public in Open 500 feet. Special Precautions Protect against intense heat and other specified hazards. Ammunition for Cannon Without Projectile Including Cartridge for CAD Items. Over 500 Grains (DOT Class B) Bombs, Incendiary, TH, PTl in Bombs or Clusters Bomb, Photoflash, M122 Cartridge, Photoflash (DOT Special Fireworks) Cartridge, Signal, for Practice Bomb Charge, Propelling, Earth Rod Chemical Ammunition Group C, When Not Assembled with Explosives Components (DOT Flammable Solid) Cryptographic Equipment Destroyer Flammable Gee (Hydrogen, Gas or Liquid) Flammable Liquid (Ethyl, Methyl and Furfuryl Alcohol, Methylacetylene, Ethylene Oxide, Nitromethane and N-Propyl-Nitrate) (Continued) 185

16 Flare, Aerial, Infrared (DOT Special Fireworks) Grenade, Hand, Incendiary, AN-M14 Hydrogen Peroxide (DOT Corrosive Liquid) Igniters, Jet Thrust, JATO (DOT Class B) Jet Thrust Unit, JATO (DOT Class B) Jet Thrust Unit, Rocket Engine (DOT Class B) Liquid Oxygen (DOT Nonflammable Gas) Signals (Special Fireworks, DOT Class B) Simulator (DOT Special Fireworks) Starter, Cartridge, Jet Engine (DOT Class B) Tracer, Flare, Tracking Tracer, Guided Missile Group IV Principally a missile (fragment) hazard. Maintain the following minimum distances: Firefighters- l,200 feet. Public in Open 2,000 feet. Special Precautions Prepare to fight incipient fires started by the explosion. 186 Ammunition for Cannon With Explosives Projectiles, Including 20mm HE and HEI Ammunition for Cannon with Illuminating Projectiles. Ammunition for Cannon with Incendiary Projectiles. Ammunition for Cannon with Projectiles 81mm or Less (excluding 81mm, M56) Ammunition for Cannon with Smoke Projectiles Ammunition for Cannon with Solid, Inert Loaded, or Empty Projectile Ammunition for Small Arms with Explosive Bullets Ammunition for Small Arms with Explosive Projectiles (Continued)

17 Booster (DOT Class A) Charge, Spotting, Practice, Black Powder (DOT Class A) Catapults Detonating Fuzes, Including Conversion Set, External C1uster Stowage (DOT Class A) Explosive Bombs (Fragmentation) Explosive Mines (Antipersonnel Including Cast-Iron Type) Cartridge, Explosive Bolt over 500 Grains Grenade, Hand and Rifle, Excluding Offensive and Incendiary, AN-M14 and Pentolite Loaded Igniters, Jet Thrust, JATO (DOT Class A) Rocket Ammunition with Explosive Projectile Rocket Ammunition with Illuminating Projectile Rocket Ammunition with Incendiary Projectile. Rocket Ammunition with Smoke Projectile, Assembled with Explosive Components Rocket Ammunition with Solid, Inert, Loaded, or Empty Projectiles or Without Projectiles Group V Principallv a blast hazard. Maintain the following minimum distances: Firefighters 1,200 feet. Public in Open 2,000 feet. Special Precautions Prepare to fight incipient fires started by exploding load. Cartridge, Heavy Mortar, HE and 81mm including 81mm M56 (DOT Clam A) Black Powder Blasting Caps (More than 1,000) (Continued) 187

18 Blasting Caps (More than 1,000) with Metal Clad Mild Detonating Fuze Blasting Caps (More than 1,000) with Safety Fuse Bursters (DOT Class A) Demolition Blocks, All Types, High Explosive Explosive Bomb (Except Fragmentation) Explosive Bomb, Photoflash (Except M122 Without Burster) Explosive Bomb, Simulator, Ml 15 Explosive Mine Explosive Projectile Explosive Torpedo, Including Bangalore Firecracker, M80 Grenade, Rifle, AT, Pentolite Loaded High Explosives in Bulk Containers High Explosive (Liquid) Hand Grenade, Offensive (DOT Class A) Initiating Explosives, Wet (DOT Class A) Jet Thrust Unit, JATO (DOT Class A) Propellant Explosives (DOT Class A) Shaped Charge, HE Snake, Demolition Supplementary Charge, HE Torpedoes, HE (All Types) Warheads, HE for Guided Missiles and Torpedoes Group VI This group is principally a toxic hazard. Items assigned to this group, which have explosive components and a missile (fragment) or severe fire hazard associated with them, are identified by an asterisk(*), with notes below the listing referring to the proper group for the minimum distances to be 188

19 observed. Maintain the following minimum distances: Firefighters-May approach from the direction from which the wind is blowing when protected with a selfcontained breathing apparatus and special or protective clothing as specifically prescribed for the particular commodity involved. Public Evacuate downwind areas. When poison or nerve gases are involved, 2 miles downwind and 1 mile upwind and sidewind will be evacuated. Personnel will not reenter the area until it is declared safe by decontamination team chief. Special Precautions When technical escorts accompany shipments, the minimum distances and additional precautions may be prescribed by escort personnel. AC, Hydrogen Cyanide *Alkyl Boranes l *Aniline 2 BBC, Bromobenzylcyanide Beryllium Powder (Poison) CG, Phosgene Footnotes: 1. These items, in addition, are a fire hazard with intense heat end shall be noted under Other Specific Precautions on the form. 2. When these items contain explosive components, minimum distances shown for group IV shall be noted under Other Specific Precautions on the form to warn against the fragment hazard. (Continued) 189

20 *Chemical Ammunition Containing Class A Poisons, Liquid, or Gases z *Chemical Ammunition Containing Class B Poisons, Liquid, or Gases z *Chemical Ammunition Containing Class C Poisons, Liquid, or Gases z Chlorine Trifluoride 1,3 CK, Cyanogen Chloride CL, Chlorine CN, Chloracetophenone (tear gas) *CNB, Solution of CN in Benzine and Carbon Tetrachloride l CNC, Solution of CN in Chloroform CNS, Solution of CN and Chloropicrin in Chloroform CS,O-chlorobenzylrnalononitrile DA,Diphenylchloroarsine DC,Diphenylcyanoarsine *Diborane ] DM, Adamsite DP, Diphosgene Ed, Ethyldichloroarsine *Fluorine l, 3 FM, Titanium Tetrachloride FS, Sulphur Troxide-Chlorosulfonic Acid Solution G-Agents (Nerve Gas) HC, Hexachloroethane, Grained Aluminum, and Zinc Oxide Mixture HD, Mustard (Distilled) HL, Mustard Lewisite Mixture HN-(1,2&3), Nitrogen Mustard HT, Mustard (T Mixture) *Hydrazine l L, Lewisite (Continued) 190

21 MD, Methyldichlorarsine *Methyl Hydrazine l *Monomethylhydrazine l Nitric Acid *Nitrogen Dioxide l *Nitrogen Tetroxide 1 PD, Phenyldichlorarsine * Pentaborane 1 *Perchloryl Fluoride l Poisonous Liquids, Solids, or Gases (DOT Classes A, B, or C Not Listed Herein) PS, Chloropicrin SA, Arsine *Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) l VX, Nerve Gas Footnotes: 1. These items, in addition, are a fire hazard with intense heat and shall be noted under Other Specific Precautions on the form. 2. When these items contain explosive components, minimum distances shown for group IV shall be noted under Other Specific Precautions on the form to warn against the fragment hazard. 3. Do not use water on this item. 191

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